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Last Update: May 14, 2012
© 2012 - Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM)
474 Centre Street - Newton, MA 02458
Office: (617) 244-3650
Alexander Levering Kern, Executive Director (akern@coopmet.org)
Matt Carriker, Program Director/IFYI (ifyi@coopmet.org)
Ellen Lagerman, Social Action Intern (intern@coopmet.org)
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries
Mark your calendars for CMM's Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
on May 31st from 6-9pm at the First Church in Cambridge
with keynote speaker Rev. Liz Walker!
You can register online:
For a PDF version of the flyer, click HERE
CMM’s Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner
Celebrating our Diverse Faiths: Building Partnerships for Justice and Peace
Featuring keynote speaker Rev. Liz Walker
Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
(at the corner of Mason & Garden Streets
next to Sheraton Commander Hotel)
MBTA Red Line Harvard Square
For directions visit www.coopmet.org
6:00-7:00 pm
Dinner Dialogue, Jazz Music with the Aamir Mahdi Trio, Auctions, and Partners’ Display Tables [Dinner will include 2 food options for entree: Vegetarian (Kosher) and Barbeque Chicken]
7:00-9:00 pm
Evening Program featuring:•Esteemed Keynote speaker Rev. Liz Walker
Esteemed Keynote speaker Rev. Liz Walker •Showcase of CMM’s programs with Executive Director Alexander Levering Kern and Latifa Ali, Board President
Showcase of CMM’s programs with Executive Director Alexander Levering Kern and Latifa Ali, Board President •Presentation of The Rev. Charles Harper Lifetime Achievement Award, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Young Leadership Award, the CMM Congregational Social Action Award, and a new Award in Interfaith Understanding and Partnership
Presentation of The Rev. Charles Harper Lifetime Achievement Award, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Young Leadership Award, the CMM Congregational Social Action Award, and a new Award in Interfaith Understanding and Partnership•Live auction, silent auction, networking with partners and friend organizations
Live auction, silent auction, networking with partners and friend organizationsTicket Prices: $25; $10 for students and low income; display tables and group rates available
$25; $10 for students and low income; display tables and group rates availableFor more information contact CMM at 617-244-3650 or email ifyi@coopmet.org
Register online here: http://cmmannualmeeting.eventbrite.com/
Thanks to everyone who made our April 26th Interfaith Evening
of Connection, Community, and Community
with author and climate activist Bill McKibben a great success!
We are especially grateful to the volunteer photographers who captured the event.
Do take a moment to view CMM's Picasa album here:
and Michael Horan's Flickr album here: (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnashe/sets/72157629568587190/).
Special Thanks To:
Bill McKibben, Roger Gottlieb and Sajed Kamal
Rev. Dan Smith, Nancy Kilburn, George Williams, Alice Kidder, Kirsten Manville, and the people of First Church in Cambridge
The interfaith leaders of our Charles River Vigil
CMM's Member Congregations and Organizational Partners
Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas & the Living Springs Foundation
Massachusetts Service Alliance & Sarah Leinbach
Boloco and Cafe Eilat for catering the event
CMM Board Members: Omar Abdul-Malik, Dr. Mary Kay Klein, Deb Longabaugh-Burg, Kathleen Kelly, Maxine Lyons, Ronald Aamir Mahdi, Dr. Alice Kidder, Carl Miller, Rev. Dr. David Killian, Dr. Bijoy Misra, Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Latifa Ali (President), Dr. Bruce Steiner, Dr. Peter Stringham, Misrak Sultan
CMM Staff: Alex Kern, Rev. Matt Carriker, Ellen Lagerman, and Teresa Malloy
The Healing Earth Event Planning Committee: Lisa Greber (co-convener), Rabbi Katy Allen, Ted Wade, Steve MacAusland, Vince Maraventano, Juliet Carey, Rodney Petersen, Rev. Ian Mevorach, Nancy Kilburn, Alice Kidder, Marla Marcum, Barbara Darling-Smith, Roger Gottlieb, Whittney Barth, Mary Gilbert, and Peter Stringham
Our Healing Earth Event Co-Sponsors:
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM), Ma'yan Tikvah, Better Future Project, Boston Theological Institute, BU School of Theology Eco-theology Group, 350.org MA, Episcopal Divinity School, First Baptist Church JP, First Church Cambridge, First Parish UU in Cambridge, Environmental Justice Task Force, Friends Meeting Cambridge and Quaker Earthcare Witness, Harvard Memorial Church, Mass Conference UCC, Mass Interfaith Power & Light, Mass Board of Rabbis, Religious Witness for the Earth, Wellesley College Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
In days to come, the video of Bill's talk and the responses and prayers will be available. For now, we offer photos (linked below) and testimonies from some participants:
Last Thursday's event was wonderful for me, a climate activist! The speakers were inspiring, instructional, and calming (which is not the same as inactive). Thanks to CMM for being bold...
-Susan Redlich, First Church in Cambridge
I am so wowed by the evening!!! Bill, Roger, Sajed were fantastic! Each one contributed something so special, articulate, spiritually uplifting that I came home overwhelmed. The crowd was also wonderful and I had conversations with lots of different people. Thanks to all of you for the organizing--- bringing together so many individuals of faith groups sharing their offerings. A truly moving and meaningful time at the river and then at First Church. Mazal tov, congratulations, great job!!!!!
-Maxine Lyons, Temple Beth Zion in Brookline
I was deeply moved and strengthened by the evening. Thank you so much to everyone who helped put it together. I really appreciated each and every voice.
-Rabbi Katy Z. Allen, Ma'yan Tikvah
On behalf of the planet, thank you all for your work.
-Roger S. Gottlieb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Great program last night. I am sure that you folks put a lot more into the seamless execution of everything than anyone will ever know.
-Ted Wade
My utmost respect and humble gratitude to you all for making this evening a special and inspiring gathering.
- Daryush Mehta. Zoroastrian Chaplain, Harvard University
http://naturalwisdom.blogspot.com/2012/04/bill-mckibben-healing-earth.html
-Ji Hyang
UPCOMING EVENTS:
CMM Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
May 31, 2012 6-9PM
First Church, Cambridge
Featuring Keynote Speaker Liz Walker!
For tickets, click HERE
IFYI (Interfaith Youth Initiative) Summer Program 2012
July 8-16
Brandeis University
For more information, click HERE
IFYI Closing Celebration of Transformation
July 15
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